Protective sheet for closet seats



May 14, 1929. J. H. A. VAN LING PROTECTIVE SHEET FOR CLOSET SEATS FiledMay 4, 1928 Patented Maf 14 19ml Ulti E. STTES ftelENT OFFICE.

Application filed lk'fay a, i928, Serial No. Wtd, and in the NetherlandsMay 11, 1927.

rllhis invention relates to protective sheets for closet seats which areplaced on the seat in order to avoid direct contact of the body with theseat.

linnular protective sheets are already known, which are secured to thecover and held between two annular ledges. rlhe sheets are secured closeto the hinges of the cover under a clamping ledge and perforated alongthe said clamping le( Aje These protective sheets have however thedrawback that they are held fast only by the clamping ledge, whilst forthe rest they are lying loose on the closet seat, so th at they areeasily inoved, and therefore fail to fulfil their object. ltrtore over,they can be used only in closets with covers.

Protective sheets are further known. the lateral edges of which areplaced round the opened seat, and when the cover is closed? are clampedbetween the latter and the pan. llhe use of such sheets is howevercomplicated and dificulta.

'lllhe protective sheetforniing the subject of the present invention.overcomes these drawbacks. lt provided with lugs which are turned overor folded at the lateral edges and can be secured again to the frontedge of the sheet. llhese lugs constitute then saclolilre pockets which,for use, can be placed round the seat, and do not shift. A cover is notrequired for the securing.

Another feature of the 'invention is that the sheet is curved or insweptin front at both. sides of the axis of symmetry so that at the frontside it practically fits the shape of the seat or slightly projectsbeyond it. The curvature or insweeping can be such that when the laterallugs are folded and the sheet is secured, there will be no projectingpoints.

A construction according to the invention is illustrated by way ofenample in the acconipanying drawing in whichk ,Figure l shows theprotective sheet in plan,

Figure 2 in folded state and Figure 3 is a plan of a closet seat withthe protective sheet secured to it.

The sheet l is made of paper or other mate* rial and has an opening Qwhich is preferably slightly sinaller than the opening of the seat. rlhesheet is provided at the sides with lugs 3 and Ll. The central portionof the sheet has small lugs 5, and at the opposite side lugs 6 which areconnected to the protective sheet by a perforated edge. The lugs 3 arefolded or turned over and glued to the lugs 5. The lateral edges are atthe sanie time also folded along the dotted lilies 7. The folded lateraledges are then turned bach or 'folded about the dotted lines El. FigureQ shows the sheet folded.

The folded sheets can be connected together by the lugs 6 so as to forma packet which if required can be suspended to a holder by ineans of thelugs G. For use, the sheet is seized at the lugs 4l; and torn away fromthe lugs t?. The sheet is then opened by moving apart the lugs l andthen, placed on the seat so that it surrounds the latter like a bag.

rlhe shape of the sheet in Figure 1 is given merely by way of example. Awhole number of other shapes could be used. For instance the sheet couldalso be rectangular. The protective sheets can be inade of various sizesand of various dimensions to suit the size of the closet seats.

1. A protective sheet for closet seats conipri sing a central portionhaving an aperture therein, a lateral extension at each side of saidcentral portion, and a pair of forwardly projecting tabs on said centralportion, said sheet being folded along parallel lines dis posed onopposite sides of the aperture and said extensions being secured to saidtabs to foi-1n pockets at each side of the sheet.

2. A protective sheet as claimed in claim l, said extension and tabseach having an edge disposed an gularly to the edge of the fold andbeing secured to each other adjacent said angularly disposed edges.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

JOHANNES HENDRIK ANTONIUS van LING.

